2012 in Argentina

Events from the year 2012 in Argentina

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Incumbents

• President: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
• Vicepresident: Amado Boudou

Governors

• Governor of Buenos Aires Province: Daniel Scioli
• Governor of Catamarca Province: Lucía Corpacci
• Governor of Chaco Province: Juan Carlos Bacileff Ivanoff
• Governor of Chubut Province: Martín Buzzi
• Governor of Córdoba: José Manuel De la Sota
• Governor of Corrientes Province: Ricardo Colombi
• Governor of Entre Ríos Province: Sergio Urribarri
• Governor of Formosa Province: Gildo Insfrán
• Governor of Jujuy Province: Eduardo Fellner
• Governor of La Pampa Province: Óscar Jorge
• Governor of La Rioja Province: Luis Beder Herrera
• Governor of Mendoza Province: Francisco Pérez
• Governor of Misiones Province: Maurice Closs
• Governor of Neuquén Province: Jorge Sapag
• Governor of Río Negro Province: Carlos Ernesto Soria (until 1 January); Alberto Weretilneck (starting 1 January)
• Governor of Salta Province: Juan Manuel Urtubey
• Governor of San Juan Province: José Luis Gioja
• Governor of San Luis Province: Claudio Poggi
• Governor of Santa Cruz Province: Daniel Peralta
• Governor of Santa Fe Province: Antonio Bonfatti
• Governor of Santiago del Estero: Gerardo Zamora
• Governor of Tierra del Fuego: Fabiana Ríos
• Governor of Tucumán: José Alperovich

Vice Governors

• Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Province: Gabriel Mariotto
• Vice Governor of Catamarca Province: Dalmacio Mera
• Vice Governor of Chaco Province: Juan Carlos Bacileff Ivanoff
• Vice Governor of Corrientes Province: Pedro Braillard Poccard
• Vice Governor of Entre Rios Province: José Orlando Cáceres
• Vice Governor of Formosa Province: Floro Bogado
• Vice Governor of Jujuy Province: Guillermo Jenefes
• Vice Governor of La Pampa Province: Norma Durango
• Vice Governor of La Rioja Province: Sergio Casas
• Vice Governor of Misiones Province: Hugo Passalacqua
• Vice Governor of Neuquén Province: Ana Pechen
• Vice Governor of Rio Negro Province: Carlos Peralta
• Vice Governor of Salta Province: Andrés Zottos
• Vice Governor of San Juan Province: Sergio Uñac
• Vice Governor of San Luis Province: Jorge Raúl Díaz
• Vice Governor of Santa Cruz: Fernando Cotillo
• Vice Governor of Santa Fe Province: Jorge Henn
• Vice Governor of Santiago del Estero: Ángel Niccolai
• Vice Governor of Tierra del Fuego: Roberto Crocianelli

Events

January 2012

• January 1 -
  • The Governor of Río Negro Carlos Soria dies in office.
  • Alberto Weretilneck becomes governor of Río Negro.

Deaths in 2012

January

• January 1
  • Jorge Andrés Boero, 38, motorcycle racer, accident on the Dakar rally. (born 1973)
  • Carlos Soria, 63, politician, Secretary of Intelligence (2002) and Governor of Río Negro (2011), shot. (born 1948)

February

• 8 February- Luis Alberto Spinetta, 62, lung cancer.

April

• 3 April - Eduardo Luis Duhalde

See also

• List of Argentine films of 2012

External links

• Media related to 2012 in Argentina at Wikimedia Commons